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Migrating to React Native's new architecture
Shopify successfully migrated two of its largest apps, Shopify Mobile and Shopify Point of Sale (POS) to React Native's New Architecture while maintaining weekly releases and serving millions of merchants. This migration involved a complex codebase with hundreds of screens and native modules, extensive custom components, and deep integration with first-party libraries like FlashList.
This migration involved a complex codebase with hundreds of screens and native modules, extensive custom components, and deep integration with first-party libraries like FlashList. We're currently collaborating with both Meta and Software Mansion to integrate these fixes into Reanimated and React Native itself, ensuring the broader community benefits from the improvements discovered through our large-scale testing. Between synchronous layouts eliminating UI jank and TurboModules providing blazing-fast native interop, we can continue to craft the delightful and fluid experiences our merchants expect.
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